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|Definition=ον (so always in Th., Pl.), also α, ον (v. infr.): (βαίνω):— <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">firm, steady</b>, κρύσταλλος <span class="bibl">Th.3.23</span>; ὄχημα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>85d</span> (Comp.); <b class="b3">γῆ β</b>. <b class="b2">terra firma</b>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>2.21.5</span>; <b class="b2">steadfast, durable</b>, ὁμιλία… πιστὴ καὶ βέβαιος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>71</span>; ἀρετῆς βέβαιαι… αἱ κτήσεις μόνης <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>194</span>; ψῆφος βεβαία <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>1263</span>; τὴν χάριν βέβαιον ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Th.1.32</span>; οὐδέπω βέβαιος ἦν ἡ σωτηρία <span class="bibl">And.1.53</span>; εἰρήνην βεβαίαν ἀγαγεῖν <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.173</span>; φιλία βέβαιος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>182c</span>; βεβαίου τε καὶ καθαρᾶς ἡδονῆς γεύεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span> 586a</span>; δόξαι καὶ πίστεις βέβαιοι καὶ ἀληθεῖς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>37b</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">sure, certain</b>, τέκμαρ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>456</span>; ἄκεα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>506</span> (lyr.); τοξεύματα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1086</span>; <b class="b3">πύλας β. παρέχειν</b> make <b class="b2">safe, secure</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.67</span>; <b class="b3">βεβαιότερος κίνδυνος</b> a <b class="b2">surer</b> game, <span class="bibl">Id.3.39</span>: Sup. -ότατος <span class="bibl">Id.1.124</span>; <b class="b3">βέβαιόν ἐστί τινι ὅτι</b>… <span class="bibl">D.H.3.35</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ παρ' ἀνθρώπων αὐτῷ β. ἦν</b> ibid.; but <b class="b3">β. παρέχειν τὰν ὠνάν</b> <b class="b2">confirm, guarantee</b>, <span class="title">GDI</span>1867, al. (Delph.); μένειν κυρίαν καὶ β.… συγχώρησιν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1058.47</span> (i B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of persons, etc., <b class="b2">steadfast, constant</b>, φίλος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>299</span> (Comp.), cf. <span class="bibl">Th.5.43</span>, etc.: c. inf., <b class="b3">βεβαιότεροι μηδὲν νεωτεριεῖν</b> <b class="b2">more certain</b> to make no change, <span class="bibl">Th.3.11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">τό β</b>. <b class="b2">certainty</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.50</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>59c</span>, etc.; but <b class="b3">τὸ β. τῆς διανοίας</b> <b class="b2">firmness, resolution</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.89</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">security, guarantee</b>, τὸ δημόσιον β. <span class="title">IG</span>12.189. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Adv. -ως <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>15</span>; β. κλῃστόν <span class="bibl">Th.2.17</span>; β. οἰκεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.1.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἔχειν, γνῶναι, δημοκρατεῖσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">D.8.41</span>, 39, <span class="bibl">10.4</span>: Comp. -ότερον, οἰκεῖν <span class="bibl">Th.1.8</span>; -οτέρως <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.60</span>, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>1.11</span>: Sup. -ότατα <span class="bibl">Th.6.91</span>.</span>